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Posted: Tue., Mar. 12, 2002, 5:57am PT

'Supper' wins short award at Tampere

$5,000 prize one of 10 to be given this year

LONDON -- The year's first Jameson Short Film Award was presented to Christian Lindblad's "Last Supper" at Finland's Tampere Film Festival March 11.

The nod is one of 10 prizes of €6,000 ($5,240) to be given at European film fests this year.

The awards are but one initiative designed to aid the production of shorts in Europe.

In the U.K., there are now four short film funds worth $315,000 in place to provide backing for young film-makers.


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